Grad school has all but reduced to me to some sort of troll that only emerges from class and coffee shops for the one hour of day I don’t have work to do. That one hour a day is my Korean class. During this class I listen to a lot of K-Pop – like… a…

Is there a “song of the summer” this year? Since I cancelled my cable subscription, I’ve been gloriously out of the loop with whatever version of “Blurred Lines” has been played ad nauseaum. I honestly don’t know, I haven’t been out in Pittsburgh’s Southside for a while, but I do find there to be some…

Thanks to Pittsburgh’s unfortunate proclivity for failing to attract EDM shows it had been almost a year since I had attended one. The four hour drive to Merriweather Post Pavilion ensured that I would miss a good chunk of the Thank You Festival. It started earlier than any electronic show I’d ever seen. So the…

What can you say about Psy? Haven’t a clue, really. Do I reminisce on the countless nights in clubs in Lan Kwai Fong, Hong Kong dancing to “Gangnam Style”? Or perhaps agree with hipster/K-Pop aficionados in saying that he’s too mainstream? I mean he is on the cover of the kimchi mandu I bought at the Korean…

Every so often I like to attend a show of someone I’ve never or have hardly listened to. I was familiar with a few songs by Tyler the Creator but haven’t ever sat down and gave one his albums an honest listen; however, I was a fan of Loiter Squad and judging from clips that they’d…

We all have bands that we refuse to miss when they come to town and Dance Gavin Dance is most certainly one of those bands for me. This time I found myself especially full of anticipation. While I’d seen them perform with Jonny Craig on the mic a few times already, I’d yet to see them perform…

Last week I had the pleasure of seeing my first show at The Smiling Moose on the south side of Pittsburgh to see some local talent. Entering the bar, I was beckoned up a rickety flight of stairs to find a small, unspectacular stage adjacent to a bar. Already, things were looking extremely promising for…

It’s that time again, boys and girls. Every now and then when the EDM station on my Pandora has been especially good to me, I feel the need to give you dear readers a “Greatest Hits” of the synth-laden sounds that come through my headphones. Let’s get things rolling then. 1. Krewella – “Alive (Jakob Liedholm…